This week’s weather-induced PTSD served to remind us that a moment not spent in the sun is really a moment wasted. Fortunately, as the azure skies…
A New German Beer Bar in Ridgewood Is Turning Patrons into Corpses
Bierleichen opened its doors in Ridgewood two weeks ago and is definitely turning heads on an otherwise chill block filled with barber shops and bodegas.…
Two Big Chances to Tell Local Pols How to Spend Your Tax Ducats
Sure, your first priority this weekend probably involves lying in the grass with a margarita blender, but don’t let the lurvley weather keep you from…
Spawn of Parquet Courts & PC Worship Made A Book, Want You To Party With Them
Local garage punks Parquet Courts, AKA Parkay Quarts, did a really confusing thing recently and teamed up with another band of similar musical tastes, PC…
Ridgewood Successfully Trolled By New York Times
Oops, the Times did it again: nearly three years after it first noted that Ridgewood, Queens was “attracting a different type of émigré: artists priced out…
This New Belgian Beer Bar Has a No-TV Policy Worthy of Its Name
While bloggers wring their hands over an “influx of hipsters” at a Ridgewood old-timer, another bar has announced its imminent opening in the neighborhood. The Monk will serve Belgian beers mainly, if…
As Galleries Get Booted From an Artists Haven, Some Fight and Others Look Ahead
With Bushwick Open Studios just a couple of weeks away, the landlord of 17-17 Troutman Street — one of the annual festival’s anchors — has demanded…
30+ Bushwick Galleries Will Burn the Midnight Oil Next Saturday
When Bushwick Open Studios hits the neighborhood May 30, the hood’s artists will once again show off their workspaces well into the night. (And all…
Todd P Just Dropped a Slew of Deets About His New Venue, Trans-Pecos
Todd Patrick writes in to share some more details about Trans-Pecos, the venue now hosting a series of “preview events” at 915 Wycoff in Bushwick.…
Up Against Vito, Antonio Reynoso Has Been Knocking On a Lot of Wood Lately
“I’ve got the easiest pitch in the city,’” District 34 City Council hopeful Antonio Reynoso said at a fundraiser earlier this year: “Hi, I don’t…